Bobby Allison
Photography by Mike Smith
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BOBBY CAME TO THE FIRST IROC SERIES FOLLOWING A GREAT 1972 SEASON IN THE NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES, WINNING 10 RACES. BOBBY HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN EXCELLENT HAND ON THE ROAD COURSES, WINNING TWO RACES AT RIVERSIDE PRIOR TO THIS EVENT. BOBBY WAS EVEN SLATED TO DRIVE THE SHADOW CAN-AM CAR FOR JACKIE OLIVER IN THE 1972 CAN-AM RACE AT RIVERSIDE THE PREVIOUS YEAR. BOBBY PRACTICED THE CAR BUT HAD TO TURN IT OVER TO OLIVER WHEN JACKIE'S TURBO CAR DIED ON RACE DAY.
HERE'S A GROUP OF BOBBY ALLISON PULLING THE RIGHT FRONT AS HE ACCELERATES OUT OF TURN 8 DURING IROC PRACTICE AND IN THE RACE IN THE GULF BLUE CARERRA . YOU CAN SEE BOBBY WEARING HIS RED COCA COLA HELMET HE WORE IN NASCAR.
AT THE FIRST RACE AT RIVERSIDE, BOBBY STARTED SEVENTH AND FINISHED ELEVENTH GOING OUT AT LAP FOURTEEN WITH TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IN SECOND RACE AT RIVERSIDE, BOBBY STARTED SECOND AND FINISHED SEVENTH. IN THE THIRD RIVERSIDE RACE, THE NEXT DAY, BOBBY STARTED SIXTH AND FINISHED NINTH GOING OUT ON LAP 20 WITH A BLOWN ENGINE. BOBBY DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THE FINALE AT DAYTONA BASED ON POINTS EARNED IN THE FIRST THREE RACES.
BOBBY FINISHED NINTH IN POINTS IN IROC I.
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CLICK HERE TO SEE BOBBY ALLISON'S STOCK CAR PAGE.
CLICK HERE TO SEE BOBBY ALLISON'S CAN-AM PAGE.